Australian Citizenship Processing Times May 2025

Australian citizenship by conferral.

Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in May 2025.

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Citizenship application numbers, applications finalised and applications still in hand, can be seen at: “Citizenship by Conferral 2025”.

From date of application to decision:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 9 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 9 and 9 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 9 and 10 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 10 and 12 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in over 12 months.

From date of approval to ceremony:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 58 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 58 days and 81 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 81 days and 4 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 4 and 6 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in over 6 months.

From date of application to ceremony:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 10 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 10 and 11 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 11 and 12 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 12 and 15 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in over 15 months.

Australian citizenship by descent:

From date of application to decision:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 3 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 3 months and 4 months.
• 25% of applications were processed between 4 months and 4 months.
• 15% of applications were processed between 4 months and 5 months.
• 11% of applications were processed in 5 months or more.

Evidence of Australian citizenship:

From date of application to decision:

• 24% of applications were processed in under 1 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 1 day and 4 days.
• 25% of applications were processed between 4 and 11 days.
• 15% of applications were processed between 11 and 21 days.
• 11% of applications were processed in 21 days or more.

A ‘decision’ includes applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn and those that cannot be considered (invalid).

Australian Citizenship Applications in May 2025.

17,380 citizenship by conferral applications were received during May 2025.

There were 153,666 citizenship by conferral applications waiting to be processed at the end of May 2025.

This is an increase of 632 from the 153,034 Australian citizenship by conferral applications that were waiting to be processed at the end of April 2025.

It appears that 16,748 citizenship by conferral applications were finalised in May 2025.

Last updated: 20 June 2025

Citizenship by Conferral 2025.